Effects of fluctuating temperatures and gill parasites on reproduction of the fountain darter, etheostoma fonticola

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 311-318

  McDonald, Dusty L ^a   Bonner, Timothy H ^a   Oborny, Edmund L ^b   Brandt, Thomas M ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIO WEST Inc   (United States)

^c National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PERCID; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CENTROCESTUS FORMOSANUS; ETHEOSTOMA FONTICOLA; TREMATODA;

EID: 34250753989     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.2007.9665052     Document Type: Article

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